Police Crack Down on Street Protesters in Swaziland

There are reports that police made indiscriminate arrests after they used tear gas to disperse student demonstrators and pro-democracy activists who took to the streets to demand education for all.
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    Swazi Media, 5 September 2012

    Swaziland police tricked students into believing they were being escorted to deliver a petition to the government, but instead took them to a road with no exits and ambushed them,… Read more »

Swaziland anti-government protests in 2011: The students and other pro-democracy activists are this week drawing attention to the lack of human rights in Swaziland.

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